Society & culture: general
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Society & culture: general
Hardback. Chinese citizens are becoming increasingly mobile, both inside China and abroad. China is caught between perceived benefits and dangers posed by mobility, complicated by the government's own conflicting impulses to support and discourage it. This book demonstrates this balance through an in-depth look at patterns of migration and state response. Series: Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFN; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990156
- ISBN
- 9780295990156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.34
€ 118.34
Paperback. China has a tourist industry, characterized by a style with deep roots in traditional Chinese culture. This title argues that China's brand of tourism is distinct from the traditions of both Western bourgeois tourism, which values authenticity, and Soviet tourism, with its emphasis on rugged and selfless experience. Series: China Program Books. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987613
- ISBN
- 9780295987613
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. Singing for the Dead chronicles how indigenous people from Oaxaca, Mexico's poorest state, have reversed decades of cultural and linguistic erosion by reviving and reinventing ethnic traditions, particularly by speaking and singing the local indigenous language. Num Pages: 328 pages, 23 photographs, 4 tables, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822354314
- ISBN
- 9780822354314
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 b&w photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231178785
- ISBN
- 9780231178785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.22€ 79.41
€ 104.22
€ 79.41
Paperback. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 216 pages, 10 b&w photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; HBJM; JFFJ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178792
- ISBN
- 9780231178792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Juta & Company Ltd South Africa
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780702171918
- ISBN
- 9780702171918
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
€ 17.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. Part detective work, part treasure chest, The Gilded Chalet takes you on a grand tour of the birthplace of our best-loved stories, revealing how Switzerland became the landscape of our imagination. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2ACG; 2ADF; 2ADT; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857886528
- ISBN
- 9781857886528
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.89
€ 15.99
€ 11.89
Paperback.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Liberties Press Dublin
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781907593123
- ISBN
- 9781907593123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.03
€ 14.99
€ 12.03
Paperback. Written by one of the foremost and widely-respected writers in the field, this volume sheds new light on the forms and premises of the communicative experience. In doing so, it challenges the theoretical positions of marxist and "political economy of media" analysts who focus largely on the structure of economic and social power within the media. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198758
- ISBN
- 9780631198758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.80
€ 59.80
Hardback. Written by one of the foremost and widely--respected writers in the field, this volume sheds new light on the forms and premises of the communicative experience. In doing so, it challenges the theoretical positions of marxist and "political economy of media" analysts who focus largely on the structure of economic and social power within the media. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 167 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631198741
- ISBN
- 9780631198741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.92
€ 149.92
Paperback. This book is about the question of existence, the meaning of life . It is an enquiry into the contemporary human situation as disclosed by television. Passionate and sweeping in scale, this new book from a leading media scholar is a major contribution to our understanding of the media today. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GTC; HP; JFC; JFDT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662558
- ISBN
- 9780745662558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.93
€ 25.93
Hardback. In this book Paddy McQueen examines the role that 'recognition' plays in our struggles to construct an identity and to make sense of ourselves as gendered beings. It analyses how such struggles for gender recognition are shaped by social discourses and power relations, and considers how feminism can best respond to these issues. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137425980
- ISBN
- 9781137425980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
Paperback. This text presents a "Traveller's Guide" to deaf culture, starting from the premise that deaf cultures have an important contribution to make to other academic disciplines, and human lives in general. Num Pages: 528 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: CFDM; JFC; JFFG; MJPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853595455
- ISBN
- 9781853595455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.32
€ 40.99
€ 36.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Pace, Sierra. Num Pages: 95 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSP1. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 7. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631177958
- ISBN
- 9781631177958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.65€ 70.11
€ 100.65
€ 70.11
Paperback. How cumbia villera and Argentine popular culture reshape and reflect the changes in gender relations among the country's underclass youth Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AV; JFCA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439902677
- ISBN
- 9781439902677
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Reveals why journalists contribute to the growing similarity of news - even though they dislike it - and why consumers acquiesce to a media system they find increasingly dissatisfying. This book offers an enlightening perspective on living in a world with more information but less news. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 2 line drawings, 12 tables. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226062808
- ISBN
- 9780226062808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.50
€ 40.99
€ 31.50
paperback. This text offers a reappraisal of the Irish Revival by focusing on the progressive energies of self-help movements such as the Abbey Theatre, Sinn Fein and the Co-operative Movement. Series: Critical Conditions: Field Day Essays. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781859183656
- ISBN
- 9781859183656
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Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Sinclair, W.C. Num Pages: 64 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 4. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888393661
- ISBN
- 9780888393661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838630
- ISBN
- 9781843838630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.17
€ 98.17
Hardback. Part of the "Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change" series, this title contains three sections of data-driven articles that address topics central to scholarship on social movements and conflict resolution. It also showcases research on a variety of movements, organizations and conflicts in ways that contribute to theory-building. Editor(s): Coy, Patrick G. Series Editor(s): Coy, Patrick G. Series: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change. Num Pages: 344 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857246097
- ISBN
- 9780857246097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.41
€ 142.41
Paperback. A lavishly illustrated history of the Canadian Rangers and their evolving role as defenders and stewards of Canada's remote regions. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 1316 pages, 30 maps, 134 photos, 23 in colour, 4 charts, 13 tables, 16-page full-colour insert. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBTB; HBW; JFSL9; JPS; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6147 x 4217. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 1316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774824538
- ISBN
- 9780774824538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.39
€ 40.99
€ 36.39
Hardback. In The Woman's Place is in the Boardroom the authors put the business case for more women on company boards. In the next book they explained how to achieve it. Here the authors discuss the role women directors can play in the reform of corporate governance systems following recent financial, crises in leadership, governance and the economy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; KJRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271548
- ISBN
- 9780230271548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.78
€ 64.78
Paperback. An ethnography of post-Soviet Cuba s health-care sector which reveals Cuba to be a pragmatic and contradictory state. Series: Experimental Futures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFC; JHMP; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352051
- ISBN
- 9780822352051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. This book investigates how women's power and caste cleavages often continue to transcend and crosscut the boundaries of caste/tribe, gender, age, class and religion in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh It examines the gendered divisions of labor in rural communities and how countervailing forces have restricted women's status and roles in South Asia. Series: Gender, Development and Social Change. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FK; JFSJ1; JHMC; JPQB; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320759
- ISBN
- 9781137320759
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71